Majority of today’s Christians do symbolic things to show their devotion to Christianity. But in the Philippines, it is taken one step further by ritualistically hurting themselves with the act of their own crucifixion. Basically, participating

Majority of today’s Christians do symbolic things to show their devotion to Christianity. But in the Philippines, it is taken one step further by ritualistically hurting themselves with the act of their own crucifixion. Basically, participating

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Infographic On Evolution Of Death Rituals Throughout History. Full Size Https://Mysendoff.com/Wp-Content/Uploads/2012/07/Evolutionofdeath.jpg

Children Singing In A Snow Cave, 1956.

Flying Fox, Henry Horenstein

From Anomalies And Curiosities Of Medicine, By Walter L. Pyle And George M. Gould, 1896.

Hair Of Mary Tudor, Queen Of France, Clipped From Her Head At The Opening Of Her Tomb In 1784 Encased In A Locket.

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After The Civil War Fairfax County, Virginia Became More Populated And Eventually An Insane Asylum Was Built There. No One Wanted To Live Near The Asylum And Because Of The Public Outrage The Institution Was Shut Down. The Administration Transferred The

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On The Island Of Sulawesi, In Indonesia, Newborn Infants Who Die Are Buried In The Trunks Of Giant Trees. The People There Believe That The Child’s Soul Will Rise Up Into The Heavens Through The Tree

The Trend For Jewelled Skeletons Began In The Late 16Th Century. The Roman Catacombs, Which Had Been Abandoned As Burial Sites And Largely Forgotten About, Were Rediscovered In 1578 By Vineyard Workers. This Coincided With The Initial Phase Of The Counter

Campo Maior, Portugal Ossuary Chapel (Capela Dos Ossos)

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